Scottish Hate Crime Laws: Police Confirm JK Rowling's Comments Not Criminal

Police have said JK Rowling's comments about new Scottish hate crime laws 'are not assessed to be criminal' as they confirmed no further action would be taken.
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones says Labour 'will not be copying' the Scottish Parliament's new legislation.
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[@davidjohns4745]

The whole Scottish population needs to test this law straight away. Your freedom depends on it.

[@rodneymarsden3003]

Test it by reporting the guy who says there are too many white people.

[@jackspring7709]

A group has already done it in the last few days: they lodged a legitimate complaint against the police under that legislation and the complaint stuck. I think that was a good standard to set going forward.

[@truthfortots3288]

"Hate hurts | If you witness a hate crime report it" - Scottish Government hate crime promo

[@bonesofthedead9911]

@@truthfortots3288😂can’t walk a mile without seeing it 😂

[@giauscaesar8047]

The UK has gone completely mad.

[@rodneymarsden3003]

If so Australia will follow.

[@tubetorpedo]

@@rodneymarsden3003 Australia already did when you look what happened 2020-2023.

[@abelgonzales3695]

The west has gone insane. I live in the US where so much of this started.

[@user-qj7et4wv3q]

No you're wrong it is only Alba (aka Scotland) that has gone barmy via their first minister, I expect the genuine Scottish peoples will oust him at the next election.

[@Mitzi73]

So biological women are no longer a protected class in Scotland.

[@Phoney72]

There's a specific misogyny bill going before the Scottish govt this year. Which, I believe, is why women were not included in this

[@user-vl8te2uo3r]

Exactly......see the timing of it Under what primeministership.

[@Verdent777]

Never were.

[@Verdent777]

@@Phoney72there should not be laws in these things.

[@snakedriver]

Nobody ever said that.

[@aethellstan]

absolute nonsensical law

[@lifesagamesobeawinner]

Not nonsense if you can weaponize it like a certain demographic will undoubtedly do. Why do you think Ham'zhed Usless brought it in ?

[@jimtomo9207]

There were all ready harassment laws and incitement to violence laws pre hate speech. This isn't a necessary law and wasn't put in to protect minority

[@The_Last_Norman]

​@bereal6590 This law applies to everyone.. tho being a minority is kind of like a privilege, so one rule for one I guess it is.

[@aethellstan]

@@bereal6590 there are already laws which detail anti female, age, disabled, race and religion. this law details how someone can "say" they are female even though they might have a beard, be as big as a docker, have a meat and two veg and have a deeper voice than paul robeson. but because they want to identify as a woman, they are. this is the emperors new clothes in reality.

[@aethellstan]

​@@bereal6590 there are already laws pertaining to black, female, old, disabled or trans. what i take issue with is the fact that a man can declare himself a woman even though he has all the physical attributes of a man and none of a woman and then no-one can tell them that they aren't a woman.

[@londonpharaoh1603]

Standing with JK ✊🏾💯

[@tedbhoy1]

aye standing in piles of excrement

[@pavlal.4552]

Absolutely

[@endpc5166]

If J K Rowling really wants to challenge that foolish & dangerous hate crime law she might point out some of the verses in Yousaf's beloved Quran that constitute true hate speech and denounce them.

[@endpc5166]

If J K Rowling really wants to challenge that f𝜊𝜊lish & dang𝜖rous hat𝜖 crime law she might point out some of the verses in Yousaf's beloved Quran that constitute true hat𝜖 speech and den𝜊unce them.

[@onevoice4894]

JK Rowlings has told absolutely zero lies or spewed any form of hate. She’s entitled to her opinion. This entire situation is insane 🙄

[@daan260]

Maybe it’s hate, maybe it isn’t, but why should we be forced to love everyone and everything?

[@jenamirgholi6004]

me too, the algorythems causing terrible problems.

[@wycliffeb]

!00% behind JK Rowling.

[@Wixma]

0%?

[@EduardoSchwartz-]

100%

[@snakedriver]

Good to know that you are 00% behind her. Welcome to the majority.

[@rodneymarsden3003]

One hundred percent for JK Rowling. And the majority are on her side. Women need their safe spaces. @@snakedriver

[@wycliffeb]

@@snakedriver edited for correction.

[@oryxthetakenking6495]

Wokness is the problem .

[@johnnyjrotten59]

Commies are the problem

[@Eliteswanteverything]

Wokeness is not a real thing..ffs!

[@tubetorpedo]

@@Eliteswanteverything You are simply false. There is even wikipedia article going trough history of the concept and plenty of people identifying as 'woke'. Then a bit later people on the right started to use that same term mockingly. I assume next step is to claim that right made it all up which naturally would be a lie. Educate yourself.

[@markmcculloch2570]

And is laam

[@michaelmcgee335]

@@tubetorpedo You honestly believe the left has the moral high ground?

[@Gaskinmoo79]

I'm with JK.

[@userxyz64]

Perhaps JK will take this on legally!

[@Lunatix246]

@@userxyz64 Why would she? They've confirmed she's done nothing wrong. Did you watch the video?

[@ZoeHills-eh9pq]

Her greatest legacy will be her powerful stance on the rights of REAL women and girls. Safeguarding is about reducing risk. She understands this.

[@user-qj7et4wv3q]

Hear hear, 3 cheers for JKR, hip hip hoorah, hip hip hoorah, hip hip hoorah.

[@ozzy8286]

Hamas Yuseless should be arrested for hate crime against intelligence and the right to have an informed opinion.

[@dougcop7253]

Better have a word with Prof Tomkins ex Tory MSP THEN

[@drunkenhobo5039]

He's not useless - he's expertly following on from Sturgeon's MI5 directive to destroy the SNP and independence. Wonder what dirt they have on him.

[@divinenation22]

​@@drunkenhobo5039he's a Deep State puppet just like Sturgeon.

[@snakedriver]

Most opinions, certainly in the comments here, are not informed.

[@ozzy8286]

​@@snakedriver In whose opinion?

[@lizzietheoldbiddy262]

It's an anti Blasphemy Law in drag

[@TJ-Judge]

What is an anti blasphemy law?

[@The_Last_Norman]

​@@TJ-JudgeMost middle Eastern countries have it, basically being critical of the state religion is blasphemy and you will be judged according to religious law, usually with Death. This new law is basically the same excpet that it prison instead of Death and applies to whoever takes offense!

[@ass640]

@@TJ-Judge A law which prohibits criticism or open opposition to a religion, or even jokes and jibes about religion. For instance, under this law in Scotland, a comedian who makes a joke about Islam (ie. Billy Connolly's classic joke "I'm only gonna tell you this once") can be arrested on stage for simply making a JOKE about religion because it offends a member of the crowd, or even offends someone watching it on the television or a dvd, or on KZbin. You can't even make a joke in your OWN HOME about islam and be protected from prosecution, if someone in or outside your house claims you have offended them, they can have you arrested and it would be enough for the police to get a warrant to enter your house, search everything in it and arrest you.

[@TJ-Judge]

@@ass640 oh no... thats not a good law. I think people should have a right to mock or criticize anything... that is very important. You cant give the government the power to police normal speach. If we do that we are not far off from tyranny. I do think there should be laws against inciting violence against people of a specific group. Whatever group it may be. But I dont think we should have laws against "blasphemous" speech. And I think the law needs to be careful about ensuring that there is proof that someone was inciting violence and not just saying offensive things. For example... we cant have people opening up class rooms teaching racist hateful idealogy. And just say call that free speech.. if they are teaching children to believe that all people of a certain group are evil and should be exterminated for example. That should not be legal. I also think peadophilic speach should be illegal. But other than that I think its ridiculous to arrest someone because they said something offensive.

[@Phoney72]

​@@ass640bud that could've happened under existing laws any time in the last few decades.

[@kristinabelievesinfairies]

I should hope most, if not all, of those complaints are for Humzas lovely white speech

[@phubblewubbphubblewubb]

Imagine if we all complained about that issue, it could be great fun!

[@Ragman2]

@@phubblewubbphubblewubb Because of how the law works, police will be inclined to thoroughly investigate it too

[@Phoney72]

​@@Ragman2na, it would go down as a hate incident at the very most. A form would be put on file that nobody would ever look at ever again. Takes about ten minutes

[@johnscott3714]

Apparently The leader of Scottish Labour made a similar speech to Yousaf's.

[@GRFC1872]

@@phubblewubbphubblewubbdon’t imagine,he invented the law,he and his drug dealer brother are not above it,he offends you call 999

[@veronicathornton4118]

In my day we were taught tolerance and respect at home and school not by the government

[@owlinthewood]

The best thing about this law is that it’s a vote loser for the SNP.

[@ThePhobos100]

I can only hope, otherwise I have no idea what has gotten into Scotland if they want to vote for them again.

[@therainbowgulag.]

But they never lose.

[@dy6682]

Voting against the SNP May be a hate crime !

[@GRFC1872]

@@therainbowgulag.they lose this time mate,because unlike before,they have both sets of old firm fans against them

[@lobbyskids2]

@@therainbowgulag.labour will probably win in Scotland

[@nickuk9003]

Doesn’t cover women I believe. The irony is not lost to many.

[@campbella2796]

It doesn't cover men either.

[@GwladYrHaf]

I can’t see the SNP ever recovering from this.

[@jenamirgholi6004]

faith

[@queen_of_ravens]

This law is a complete mess. It's a contradiction to the right of free speech, as well as being rather vague. Poor police force having to try and enforce this. Don't get me wrong, I very much support trans rights, but you have got to allow people to have unpopular opinions. Censorship is not a way to resolve an issue; it will only lead to more animosity.

[@thepuddlejumper500]

Can you confirm what rights trans people don’t have that say I do.

[@nobby3OO]

Extra powers as a 'minority' in which should you feel 'hurt' over the words spoken by another individual, you can immediately summon the police. Yet try getting the police to help with your stolen vehicle... Here's a realistic example.

[@Guciom]

@@thepuddlejumper500 Privilege of being a protected class.

[@thepuddlejumper500]

@@Guciom I think you’ve got it the wrong way round I’m not in a protected characteristic group.

[@Tuberesu]

Trans rights should not be the tail wagging the dog. Between 0.1% to 0.6% of the WORLD's population are transgender a tiny, tiny minority. But the world is obsessed with minorityism, feeling that o.6% should shout down and dominate the 99.4% who are not "minorities" and it does not make sense and it does not make for good government. It is divisive in the extreme and caused by those who feel that one in two hundred persons should rule the thoughts of nations.

[@Dragonaut111]

UK Government needs to step in here, this law is extremely dangerous and wide open to abuse.

[@steventhomas2856]

"UK" Government (I presume you mean Westminster) can*not* "step in", Scotland is autonomous in this respect. The Scots will have to sort this out for themselves, and given the internal response to this law, they most probably will.

[@snakedriver]

@@steventhomas2856 Internal response has been supportive, though reading the comments from the screaming far right, you would think that the majority were against it. Leader of Scottish Parliament yesterday was polled as being in front of all others. Go figure.

[@binghamguevara6814]

UK Government created this mess. They should be in jail.

[@turinhorse]

Welcome to Clockwork Orange Lefty Liberal Madness

[@GRFC1872]

@@turinhorsethis is not liberal ,quite the opposite ,actually thought police ,idea taken from a joke we all said on Facebook

[@daviddavidsen907]

Bravvo JK Rowling for speaking basic comon sence!👏👏👏 she is a queen👑

[@bereal6590]

Nope, she is yelling about nothing

[@josemengelez6947]

maybe if you read books for adults instead of harry potter you'd be able to spell.

[@jenamirgholi6004]

common sense is the real ivy

[@jenamirgholi6004]

she is a good samaritan

[@dominochappin]

You all ignored the religion factor, and, let’s face it, that is why he has created this Law.

[@takeapictureitlllastlonger5768]

Muslim first human second just like the rest.

[@userxyz64]

He didn't create it, SNO did.

[@dominochappin]

@@userxyz64 Scottish National Orchestra??

[@userxyz64]

@@dominochappin LOL! Typo but might as well be as regards drahting of this pile of legal dodo.

[@dominochappin]

@@userxyz64 “must be the season of the witch”- hunts.

[@therealryan1329]

Funny that. Almost as if she's got the money to fight this nonsense so they are leaving her alone.

[@patriciamargaret19565]

"almost as if"? Kidding, right. Any ordinary Joe Bloggs writing what she has written and then daring the cops to arrest her would be behind bars.

[@josemengelez6947]

@@patriciamargaret19565 go on then.

[@tubetorpedo]

​@@patriciamargaret19565 Yes, that 'almost is' is the obvious joke. It's almost like JK is super rich so they do not dare to touch her because she could bring them world of pain. It's always easy to say "you should sue them" to regular person because fighting in courts take both time and plenty of money and many times there is no guarantee that you will win, even in cases that looked good for you. Especially when going against what is practically a government. Rowling has no problem with money aspect and due her work I think even the time is easier to handle and everything that happens got millions of eyes on it which means it harder to brush things under the rug.

[@wycliffeb]

What I agree with is the right for a person to identify however they want but don't ask me to believe in your reality and ask me to refer to you as you wish.

[@wonderrob3225]

The cultural issue of gender is more complicated than its biological definition. You can respect people's personal choices about who they want to be, how they want to be addressed or not. You can be as a bigoted or as tolerant as you want.

[@j76384]

@@wonderrob3225 it isn’t bigoted to want a clear definition of gender identity and the ability to prove it. To be prosecuted of misgendering someone, first there needs to be proof the person is the gender they claim to identify as. For this there needs to be a definition of the differences between genders, ie what makes a woman a woman and a man a man. If you can not say categorically what a woman is then how can you categorically claim to be one?

[@wycliffeb]

@@wonderrob3225 so dealing in truth is bigoted,

[@wonderrob3225]

@@wycliffeb I'm uncertain about your perception of truth. Perhaps you believe that "there are no definitions of female beyond biology," and therefore denying their existence doesn't equate to bigotry. However, it's self-evident that individuals seeking cultural acknowledgment for gender identities that extend beyond biological definitions do exist. In fact, I'm acquainted with a few young people who are grappling with these matters. They are earnest in their identities, their quest for acceptance, and their aspiration to evade bullying, violence, or hatred. Respecting an individual's choice regarding identity and preferred pronouns boils down to a matter of tolerance versus intolerance.

[@annereidy7981]

​@@wonderrob3225would you not think that iit is a reprisical thing based on care of others as well as self? Men are not Women and should acknowledge this fact by staying out of safe spaces and Women's sports and Women should do the same for Men.

[@TheHandsomeman]

They wont take her to court, because the Law would prove to be wrong, therefore they know now, its wrong.

[@wayner9765]

Applause to JK Rowling.

[@AzguardMike]

at least they are consistent. Humza's anti-white rant was also declared "not a hate crime" too

[@classicfrog80]

Doesn't matter. They have a history of harassing people for non criminal things.

[@stomper1337v]

Dear Trans Community: Don't tell me I have to accept you for who you are when you couldn't even accept yourself for who you were.

[@PapiQaz]

🔥

[@Dowensm]

Best comment yet someone talking sense

[@hopandskip]

Perfectly put.

[@SN-sz7kw]

Not helpful. Science confirms gender variations & they learn more every day. People (of all opinions) need to move on. Compassion & discretion are more productive. The whole thing is overblown.

[@stomper1337v]

@@SN-sz7kw i have something i want to say to you but youtube keeps deleting the comment

[@bobsimpson4298]

"Police Confirm JK Rowling's Comments Not Criminal." Have they clarified whether or not JKR has had a Non Crime Hate Incident recorded? This is important.

[@miras2222]

and if non-crime incident is to be shared with potential employer in crime record/check issued by Disclosure Scotland

[@macnahalba9131]

Probably not for her because they know she doesn't need to go to anyone for a job. I think she's happily set up for the rest of her life.

[@MrCherryJuice]

It was clarified that a non-crime hate incident has NOT been recorded. As far as the police are concerned JK Rowling has said nothing that contravenes the new law. It is unfortunate that now the police, a force already underfunded and over-stretched, is now responsible for calling the shots and a faulty law concocted by a group of woke politicos.

[@paulkemp6057]

I accept everyone's personal reality, and their right to define themselves as they wish. But I ABSOLUTELY deplore and reject the proposition that I should be forced to privilege their reality over my own, and more than that, to actually subordinate my reality to theirs. And I am incensed by these grotesque attempts to hijack the Law to impose what are deeply subjective cultural perspectives on all of us, and to criminalise anyone who demurs.

[@hawkweb9063]

Yesssssssss, couldn't have put it better myself. Thank you x

[@cocobunitacobuni8738]

There is only one reality and one truth. The most ridiculous phrase du jour is "My truth is..." Identifying as a ferret doesn't make me a ferret.

[@paulkemp6057]

I half agree with you. For all sorts of metaphysical and spirutual reasons, I don't believe there is only one reality or one truth. Where I take exception is when someone says "my reality is MORE real, MORE valid than yours, and I'm going to try to hijack the Law and our entire culture in order to COMPEL you to mutilate your reality and so it subordinates it to mine".

[@tubetorpedo]

​@@cocobunitacobuni8738 "My truth is..." is in practicality what I feel. And what I feel has never been a substitute for reality. I could e.g. feel offended because someone did not say proper goodbye to me on a phone, when in reality it was cut due their battery running out. No matter if in my personal 'head truth' is them cutting it on purpose.

[@jdghok]

She's a Scottish heroine for standing up for common sense, as a Scot I won't comply with this nonsense, they can put me in the jail for all I care, it's the principle of the thing

[@daveclose4935]

one more for Barlinnie would you do time nah your just spouting weesht yer noise

[@josemengelez6947]

go for it. you might have to escalate to d*ath threats to get their attention though.

[@jdghok]

@@daveclose4935 cause you know all about me eh? Haud yer ane wheesht ye neepheed 🙄

[@jdghok]

@@josemengelez6947 I don't threaten anyone these days mate, I leave that to all the keyboard warriors lol 😂

[@americandream74]

You can not ban hate! You can not force people to believe the way you do. This law is an absolute attack on free speech and thought.

[@rinagraham8851]

I'm with JK !

[@britnatzaredemocracydenier5922]

Spot the hate monger

[@JB-ti7bl]

I'm transracial, and I love JK.

[@britnatzaredemocracydenier5922]

@@JB-ti7bl some how I don't believe you

[@britnatzaredemocracydenier5922]

@@JB-ti7bl great Britain just means English colonizers

[@steventhomas2856]

​@@britnatzaredemocracydenier5922You. Right there. You're the hatemonger. That was fun, if hardly challenging.

[@kevinfinnerty8506]

SNP are a joke.. shameful

[@christopherarkell9862]

A VERY IMPORTANT POINT TO MAKE ……. I have read the law, the published commentary and all surrounding notes. Rowling could WELL have been arrested - as could anyone preaching from the Bible AND the Koran. Hamza’s Law is ACTUALLY a new Blasphemy Law which gives privileges to those set out in the “protected categories”. The OLD Blasphemy law was repealed as a consequence of Hamza’s Law.

[@danieloliver9930]

Exactly, trans debate non issue. However, In decades to come "a religeon" will increase with a law set in support of it's advance.

[@christopherarkell9862]

@@danieloliver9930 the Soviets did the same in the late 1920s. They instituted a sort of secular Blasphemy Law protecting Soviet Communism. Hence the awful propaganda campaign of “Pavlik Morosov”. Humza’s Law is just a transcription of that into Scots Law.

[@kashesan]

Stalking behavior is routinely downgraded and invalidated-why is this considered criminal and prosecutable?

[@josemengelez6947]

this covers stalking behavior...

[@charlie1872]

There will be 50,00 arrests at Ibrox Stadium this weekend. Is there enough police to carry out these arrests?

[@Rekaert]

Kevin Maguire's being a little cute with his details there. It's true that the SNP said misgendering wouldn't be a crime. Siobhian Brown said it. But later she said that it would be investigated and would be up to police whether to record it as a "non-crime hate incident", which is a hideous construct and negatively impacts someone even if they don't break the law. So despite JK Rowling's stand against it, it's still not clear where the line is here for criminality or for those pernicious "non-crime punishable offences". We can only hope the SNP are kicked out asap and replaced with someone who will remove these vile laws.

[@tom5216]

The problem is that Labour and the Greens also voted for this. Who can we vote for to have this repealed?

[@ellewilliams5162]

Im pretty sure a non hate incident is only there so if a crime is committed against that group later they already have a record of their hate and it helps to build a case where hate is a motivating factor. Alone it means nothing

[@Rekaert]

@@ellewilliams5162 Alone it means a great deal You can stay fully within the law, but if I or anyone else 'percieve' that you're motivated by hate, you can end up with one of these which stays on your record, which could lead to the police turning up at your doorstep to check your thinking. Remember, that this is despite you remaining fully legal. There's no way for you to defend yourself against the accusation of feeling negative emotion, and no evidence needs to be presented, merely someone else saying they think that's what you felt, and really, what evidence could be presented? Then there's that little fact that it potentially could be disclosed to a prospective employer, and negatively impact your chances of employment, again despite you having done nothiong illegal whatsoever. However they were allegedly inteded to be used originally, the actuality is that they're frankly Orwellian.

[@tom5216]

@@ellewilliams5162 An NCHS is recorded and will show up on background checks if requested by a prospective employer. These records are not benign .

[@bertvsrob]

scotland needs to sort itself out

[@ZuulGatekeeper]

Subjective laws have no place in a democratic society. It's about silencing unwanted opinions, those who control society in political & media circles will tell you what to think & don't you dare share your opinions with others because you might just end up in court & the legal procedure thrown at you is the intended punishment.

[@neillewis785]

"TRUTH" is the new HATESPEECH

[@govangirl3897]

SNP and Labour have both lost my vote. Not an ounce of common sense between the two parties. They have successfully got me to consider other parties I never thought this would happen

[@awhisperinthewind4253]

sadly at the moment there is no other party worth my vote, I'm, like so many others, politically homeless

[@johnwilliams7653]

Alba.

[@_Melian_Dialogue_]

​@@awhisperinthewind4253Reform?

[@awhisperinthewind4253]

@@_Melian_Dialogue_ not even them, I don't trust that snake oil salesman Tice

[@jennyporraz]

@@johnwilliams7653 Is Alba not just The SNP but a different name headed by Alex Salmond,

[@allangilchrist5938]

Have you noticed how quiet the Woke BBC has been on this fundamental matter of freedom of speech. Surely it's nothing to do with Mr Yusuf being a Muslim?

[@jemzargo]

A law where the offence depends on the subjective feelings of self identified victims is a recipe for chaos.

[@shelaghmckenna2667]

It's his excuse for the government to arrest anyone he doesn't like - his move to become a dictator - because it is subject to the government's interpretation. It means that any person in Scotland can be arrested on his whim. He does not belong in Britain at all.

[@adrianwright8685]

Nothing Rowling said was 'hateful' and therefore she could not be prosecuted?

[@marumaru6084]

Hardly they just don't want the fight with someone with good lawyers!

[@arther4tune443]

JK as said nothing hateful, but by stating the fact that Trans-women are really men, she has risked being thrown in the slammer for stating something we all know (yet dare not say)! All those Trans-people JK listed were reported on the BBC & Sky as being "she", her, as females, but JK has dared to burst that bubble by calling them men, which is what they are ...

[@rodneymarsden3003]

Being honest is hateful? Sounds about right! @@marumaru6084

[@lewisbush9566]

I stand with JK!!

[@MichaelGill-im8wh]

We love you JK so much well done. 🌹

[@littletony1764]

More proof the wickedness is creeping in - and the righteous sit back quietly watching their freedoms disappear. Their ancestors must be rolling in their graves for fighting and dying for their freedoms.

[@prideofdurham4776]

Bill of Rights 1998 Article 10.Freedom of Speech.Scottish Bill is null and void!

[@snakedriver]

No such bill, whalloper.

[@arranlargue6167]

@@snakedriverHuman Rights Act 1998 article 10 - Freedom of Expression

[@stevencharnock9271]

@@snakedriver Why not just check it out before throwing insults or is that beyond your capability ? :- What is the Article 10 freedom of speech? Article 10 1. Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers.

[@prideofdurham4776]

@snakedriver.If you went to school you would know that the1998 is an update of the 1689 Bill which MOST COUNTRIES use as a template for their civil rights eg USA 17??

[@campbella2796]

@@arranlargue6167 You will find that human rights can be abrogated for several reasons; such as the prevention of crime, for public safety and for protecting the reputation and rights of others.

[@buddhistsympathizer1136]

I reject the concept of 'protected characteristics' entirely. ANYONE can suffer abuse - Why should only certain groups of people be protected?

[@elbaz860]

No-one prepared to define hate.

[@jamesmccard9636]

I'm a British Scot and I demand that the PM of the UK prevent this Evil law by Yusof from being entered into Scots law , at once.

[@davidbrown8937]

What are SNP supporters going to chant now ? Surely it can't still be "Freedom."

[@borneandayak6725]

For the sake of 1% of the population

[@gerardlinehan3547]

Interesting to see how this is policed at an old firm derby match....

[@billroddy9396]

My family fought in all WW wars IN Scottish regiments so I can say whatever the f I want.

[@QED_]

The Scots should be ashamed of themselves for being so easily hoodwinked by the SNP. Pitiful . . .

[@ThePhobos100]

They won't arrest her, they might arrest the average person.

[@j76384]

She’s a legend. She called their bluff 😂😂

[@ellewilliams5162]

No they called hers, she didn’t understand the law.

[@j76384]

@@ellewilliams5162 I think you missed her point entirely!

[@thepuddlejumper500]

But have recorded it as a non crime hate incident as the offended persons word that it is hate speech is all that’s needed as no evidence or proof is required to record a hate incident. It would also be enlightening to find out if the first minister has non crime hate incidents recorded against him from all the reported hate incidents against him. Probably not as it’s up to the police and their perception of the hurty words.

[@Enceladus007]

Well Done J. K. 😊

[@allandickman774]

How about getting rid of useless 😮

[@jaccrystal6993]

Where's the 'issue'? We're nae 'havin' that in Bonnie Scotland.

[@user-hh8tf4tb9q]

And we have our Government looking at arresting those that live on our streets, fining them £2500 and/or sending them to prison, so laws that won't work but will take police away from solving day to day crimes including murders, drugs, knife crimes and burglary. Laws that distract from other more serious matters.

[@Tony-gy2gt]

Tory policy.Hit the poorest

[@jamesmoore9870]

Its not just about trans/anti trans, its about ANYTHING that anyone thinks is hatefull, i.e. race, religion, politics etc. By concentrating on trans rights is just a "smoke screen" to try and blind people to that reality.

[@josemengelez6947]

religion and politics are exempt. read the bill. if you don't think demeaning people on grounds of race is hateful then your face has a boot with your name on it.

[@davidclowes5428]

Police will have to arrest about 60,000 at the Old Firm game on Sunday. 🤯👎

[@billymorrison23]

If Humza is involved it's about Race and your Beliefs

[@zabethlabelette1636]

Jk Rawlings is courageous. Everyone should realize how freedom of speech is in danger

[@joebaird5874]

4000 complaints against Yousef for his white speech. 2000 against JK Rowling.

[@bryanjohnson2466]

Whats right is right, but they haven't been right yet.

[@user-xp7ju2sd6o]

Good grief, what's happened to Scottish common sense? Vote hateful socialists out!

[@KenOath-kg8ux]

3800 cases in 24 hours. This is unwokeable.

[@TheMap1997]

How does thus law work? If I'm English, does Scottish police can arrest me? What if I'm from outside the UK?

[@ElliotBrownJingles]

The very fact that they have resorted to making this medieval law proves how desperately unpopular are the views they are trying to push onto the public.

[@jumble-1238]

How could they not see this coming?

[@user-te3jc3sl7r]

And I assume this hate crime law works the other way as well. If a trans person defames a heterosexuals lifestyle in public they can be charged with a hate crime?

[@lmnosir]

Just because you want something to be ok, doesn’t mean it is.

[@RandomDude19868]

Rowling is the most important person from the UK since the Beatles; leave her alone.

[@damianbutterworth2434]

She said it with no hate.

[@daan260]

Who cares honestly, people have the right to hate

[@damianbutterworth2434]

@@daan260 hate crimes against Marmite. :)

[@honeychurchgipsy6]

Just to clarify - saying that transwomen are biologically male is not misgendering - it is in fact a fact. Nothing to do with whether or not you choose to be respectful and use a person's preferred pronouns.

[@FoodNerds]

Forcing people to say what you want them to say is compelled speech. Yes it usually applies to government but it should apply to civil or private speech!

[@joselitogonzales1063]

JK Rowling - 1 SNP - 0 😅😅😅

[@HiLlo-gz1ed]

The Scots have forgotten basic nursery rhymes. The Boy Who Cried Wolf springs to mind

[@josemengelez6947]

it's a fable not a nursery rhyme. the subtle clue being the fact it doesn't f*cking rhyme. you absolute spanner.

[@hopandskip]

A banana Republic type of law....get the SNP OUT!!!!

[@awhisperinthewind4253]

the party I used to vote for no longer exists , It's lost its way big time

[@Polski_Kabaret]

JK is the only sane voice in this histeria stirred up by those who dream of destroying humanity.

[@bigdaveo397]

Madeleys look genuinely shocked when he says JK rowling has gone on twitter and listed a bunch of trans women....and called them men!! 😲 😅😅😅😅

[@user-nl9rp2hi2g]

Labour Party & conservatives , are new Islam ☪️ party . Vote Reform.

[@sikugord03]

I’m more shocked there are pathetic wimps out there calling the police and complaining about her. Pathetic.

[@charlesflett2818]

Every one of these groups should just man up. Oops woman up.

[@ianrankin4262]

I would like to see j.k Rowling voted 🗳 in as next minister for SCOTLAND.🙂👍

[@someoneelse.2252]

I am outraged, utterly outraged !!!. I identify as a can of paint and some yobo neighbor, called me a freak. How dare they !. I'll be phoning the Police to investigate this Hate Crime against me.

[@Grappapappa]

Not criminal!?!!? This is a disgrace!

[@rodsimmons9337]

...not criminal, but has it been recorded as a 'hate' crime ?!

[@julianwhitley827]

well done JK - a great service to women in the UK

[@JohnDelong-qm9iv]

Repeal the laws of physics while you’re at it. Gravity is getting me down

[@TheHandsomeman]

People should not be allowed to report people unless there is a, blatant breaking of the Law, people have the right, to work, and keep their jobs

[@josemengelez6947]

that's the idea.

[@user-ii4sk3zy6b]

How pathetic is all this blimey it gets worse 😂

[@psycharol]

I used to DETEST labour, I DETEST all politicians right now as I watch the demise of England MY England.

[@williaminavanbottle9297]

Why not pass a law that has us having our lips stiched together, ban writing and hand signing. And if caught using morse code by winking, either eye... You will be punished by having to wear a pair very dark sunglasses...Even in winter and at night. And, nearly forgot.... No tapping out morse code with any part of one's body. If anyone out there can think of any other way... To prevent me breaking this..."Law" Nah!!! Forget it... I'm moving across the border to...Help me!!! England. Will I have to swear loyalty to Spike Milligan's mate... What's he called... Something, something or is it...Something, something!

[@TheHandsomeman]

This is another issue, its a street Law, why arnt trans people given police jobs, or a lot more jobs in society, like security guards and that?

[@TheCardiffgirl]

Three men discussing a question on the rights of women in Scotland..Typical.